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Tesla’s slashing prices. Ford just cut the price of its Mustang Mach-E, too, plus it cut back production of its electric pickup. And General Motors is thinking about bringing back plug-in hybrids.

No, electric vehicle sales aren’t dropping. Here’s what’s really going on::Tesla has been slashing prices. Ford just cut the price of its Mustang Mach-E, too, plus it cut back production of its electric pickup. And General Motors is thinking about bringing back plug-in hybrids, arguably a step back from EVs.

  • tracer_ca@lemmy.caEnglish
    441·
    2 years ago

    I’m in the market for a BEV. Have been for 3 years. The reason I don’t have one is:

    A. The cars that are large enough for my use case (weekend getaways with kids and or friends) are all super expensive luxury vehicles with poor ratings.

    B. Availability. Other than the Mustang Mach-E, nothing is available here (Canada) without a minimum 6 month wait list. (Ioniq 5 is 1 year).

    C. Poor reliability and/or features. (See the disaster that is the Chevy Blazer EV).

    At this point I’m waiting for the Ioniq 7. Hopefully it will be as well reviewed as it’s sister the EV9.

    The reason GM and Ford are not selling well is because nobody wants what they’re selling. But they’re framing it as an general EV issue and not a crap product issue.

    The media and those apposed to EVs are buying it of course.

    • bisby@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      I still find it super weird. A (remote) coworker bought an ioniq 5 after 9 months on a wait list… 3 months later, I went to a dealership. they had one on the lot (3 actually). Was able to get one with 0 wait.

      Looking at their website, they have 4 2024 ioniq 5s available right now, an SEL, SE, and 2x Limited.

      So apparently my local dealership is the sweet spot. Or is this purely a Canada vs US thing?

      • tracer_ca@lemmy.caEnglish
        4·
        2 years ago

        Yes, availability in the US is much better. You can find a base ioniq 5 here easily now, but nobody wants those. Everyone wants the long range AWD.

    • dragontamer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      2 years ago

      The reason GM and Ford are not selling well is because nobody wants what they’re selling. But they’re framing it as an general EV issue and not a crap product issue.

      Its GM, Ford, Rivian, Lucid.

      Tesla only managed to get close to their targets by dropping prices dramatically.

      • tracer_ca@lemmy.caEnglish
        9·
        2 years ago

        Rivian and Lucid are exclusively luxury brands. Not shocked that they’re having a hard time pushing cars over 100k CAD. I don’t think they’re atracting the same media attention either.

        • dragontamer@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          2 years ago

          Audi and Subaru are also doing poorly with their EVs.

          And even Tesla had to drop prices dramatically to move inventory, the sales continue even today.

          Its honestly looking like an EV-industry wide problem. The car companies doing the best right now are like, Toyota and Honda, because of their ICE lineup.

          • tracer_ca@lemmy.caEnglish
            5·
            2 years ago

            Audi: too expensive, poor reliability Subaru/Toyota: released a shit compliance car.

            Again, overpriced junk. My point is that it’s not that nobody wants EVs. It’s that nobody wants the crap these makers are selling.

            • dragontamer@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              2 years ago

              Okay, so…

              People want EVs, just not the ones Ford, GM, Toyota, Subaru, Audi, Tesla, Rivian or Lucid are making.

              Do you realize how insane that sounds? At some point, it’s clearly the EV part and not the brand.

              Meanwhile, the ICE side of these companies are doing excellently. Tons of F150, Toyota Corolla, Honda Accords, Rav4s, and Jeeps getting sold.